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The Revolution Wind Farm is blowing away fossil fuel dependence, but effects on marine life remain a concern
Samuel Timms

University of Connecticut

The Revolution Wind Farm is blowing away fossil fuel dependence, but effects on marine life remain a concern
Heat Pumps: Are they really more sustainable?
Gillian Fuhrmeister

George Washington University

Heat Pumps: Are they really more sustainable?
Does liquefied natural gas have a green future in Germany? Leaders and experts offer differing outlooks
Christina van Waasbergen

Northwestern University

Does liquefied natural gas have a green future in Germany? Leaders and experts offer differing outlooks
Reimagining and democratizing small wind 
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

Reimagining and democratizing small wind 
Germany and its liquified natural gas issue: “There is no need”
Monica Sager

Northwestern University

Germany and its liquified natural gas issue: “There is no need”
School’s out on fossil fuels: Divesting in higher education
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Indigenous energy and equations
Shondiin Mayo

University of Alaska, Fairbanks | Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program (ICP)

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Can wind decarbonize Great Lakes shipping? Cargo vessels “veer” into alternative power
Audrey Richardson

Michigan State University

Can wind decarbonize Great Lakes shipping? Cargo vessels “veer” into alternative power

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Pace Schwarz

Georgetown University

Labor activists join environmentalists wearing turtle costumes at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington.
Thermal cooker helps reduce indoor air pollution, use of wood as fuel
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Planet Forward Alum

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Astonishing Alaska | Chasing lipids: The industrial thirst for Alaskan oil
Farzona Comnas

George Washington University

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International student’s idea to repurpose barns becomes agro-plastic recycling company
Sara Wiatrak

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

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Simple Sleuth: Fuel for the layman
Kassi Johnson

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

COP26 in Context: Bright ideas in renewable energy
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Montreal landfill turned lunar landscape: An urban sustainability story
Clarice Knelly

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-Plattsburgh

Hands of Doomsday Clock stay at ‘100 seconds to midnight’
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

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